Bob Nay is a Chaplain and hopefully he can chime in soon

I after one of these if you could help out please. 

As everyone has said, It needs to be done right. I want to be as respectful as possible and come from a place of good faith. I want to make sure there are no moral objections. If there is an actual chaplain I can talk to possibly get his opinion that would be great. I just want to make sure I’m not doing anything wrong or what I need to do In order to do it. Thanks for the comments all

I know this is a super necro-post but someone may find it useful. Yes, early generation desert camo MOLLE pouches and vests came with black plastic hardware. By the time of the second pattern FLC with the zip up front, hardware on the desert items would be tan. 

As a Christian and Sunday school teacher this  is my two cents. If anyone is going to get up and teach the word it needs to be rightly divided. you need to read these Bible verses James 3:1-12   Marty

I just sent the thread to Bob Nay. Hopefully he’ll reply shortly.

We have an Army Chaplain on this site. Take this to someone who actually is a Chaplain.

OK !  Well, I saved the pics of the 100th and this one of the 78th for reference so I can see how the bullion and the style should looks like. Thank you for your help.

Well this is my two cents. Its a matter of respect. How many non native people have you seen "playing" the part of an elder or shawman at a gathering?  To do that is to be disrespectful. Who say's this?  "As they say, the Lord runs through all of us and you don't have to be certified in any form of theology to do the Lord's work." Is this found in the Tora? the Koran? the Bible? Representing a man of the cloth is to represent a theology, how can it not be. How does one practice faith without knowing what that faith is?  

When I acquired these I thought I had possibly two brothers jackets , each named Shaw. Upon closer look it seems to be the same fella , looks like he was 11th Airborne during WW2 and 25th infantry during Korea , also staff officer